2019 College Punt Touchbacks Leaders

A touchback punt sails into the end zone and gives the other team the ball at its own 20, wasting most of the distance. Ties go to the punter who punted more often from the opponent's side of the 50, where touchbacks are hardest to avoid.

Fewer is better. In 2019, Lucas Dean (0) topped college football punters in punt touchbacks, ahead of Steven Coutts (0) and Jack Brooks (0). 124 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts).

Final 2019 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	TB	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Lucas Dean	UTSA	0	65	40.8	38.6	16	25%	0%	31%	−8.7
2	Steven Coutts	California	0	44	38.5	37.0	12	27%	0%	49%	−5.1
3	Jack Brooks	South Alabama	0	67	42.2	40.1	23	35%	0%	34%	+2.0
4	Chris Barnes	Rice	0	34	45.0	44.2	11	32%	0%	26%	+7.5
5	Benjamin Lennon	Utah	1	37	39.7	37.5	18	49%	3%	50%	+1.3
6	Jacob Herbers	Minnesota	1	38	38.0	37.3	20	54%	3%	36%	−1.0
7	Tom Hutton	Oklahoma State	1	53	38.3	37.7	22	42%	2%	40%	−1.7
8	James Smith	Cincinnati	1	68	42.7	41.4	27	42%	2%	51%	+14.0
9	Issac Power	Baylor	1	64	39.6	38.6	18	29%	2%	41%	−5.1
10	Jay Bramblett	Notre Dame	1	59	39.6	38.1	21	36%	2%	39%	−3.0
11	Jonah Wieland	Akron	1	79	37.7	35.8	18	23%	1%	29%	−18.9
12	Tommy Martin	Florida State	1	64	39.0	37.3	18	28%	2%	51%	−9.5
13	Daniel Kubiuk	Northwestern	1	42	38.3	36.7	13	31%	2%	22%	−10.0
14	Myles Prosser	Coastal Carolina	1	42	39.3	36.8	15	36%	2%	29%	−2.7
15	Payton Theisler	New Mexico State	1	63	42.1	38.9	18	29%	2%	21%	−0.5
16	Wade Lees	UCLA	1	49	42.9	40.0	23	48%	2%	49%	+7.1
17	Reeves Mundschau	Oklahoma	1	33	42.2	40.2	12	36%	3%	52%	+1.2
18	Zac Collins	Purdue	1	33	39.0	38.3	7	21%	3%	24%	−2.3
19	Owen White	Navy	1	36	43.1	41.4	18	50%	3%	29%	+7.4
20	Adam Korsak	Rutgers	2	76	43.8	41.5	33	43%	3%	37%	+9.1
21	Bailey Cate	Old Dominion	2	66	39.9	36.9	23	35%	3%	26%	−8.0
22	Sterling Hofrichter	Syracuse	2	69	43.9	43.2	30	44%	3%	48%	+18.2
23	Ryan Sanborn	Stanford	2	52	40.5	37.8	23	43%	4%	36%	+0.4
24	Adam Barry	Temple	2	59	38.0	35.9	17	29%	3%	16%	−11.6
25	Brady Farlow	Louisiana Tech	2	48	37.3	34.8	14	29%	4%	41%	−9.4
26	Adam Nunez	Rice	2	32	40.4	38.2	18	56%	6%	34%	+2.6
27	Blake Hayes	Illinois	2	72	44.8	42.8	30	42%	3%	11%	+9.1
28	Dane Roy	Houston	2	54	46.9	44.0	31	61%	4%	12%	+12.4
29	John Haggerty	Western Kentucky	2	42	46.2	43.0	18	43%	5%	15%	+15.7
30	Daniel Rodriguez	Oregon State	2	58	42.7	38.6	18	31%	3%	39%	−4.9
31	Arryn Siposs	Auburn	2	57	43.8	38.9	19	35%	4%	44%	−3.0
32	Kyle Thompson	Kansas	2	57	44.5	39.6	19	35%	4%	19%	+0.3
33	Mitchell Crawford	UTEP	2	62	39.5	38.3	16	26%	3%	21%	−2.5
34	Colton Spangler	Maryland	2	45	40.1	39.1	13	29%	4%	43%	−1.8
35	Christopher Bartolic	Utah State	2	41	42.0	37.4	15	37%	5%	18%	−6.4
36	Joel Whitford	Washington	2	41	44.8	43.7	16	39%	5%	46%	+10.0
37	Thomas Cluckey	Toledo	2	33	42.1	37.1	7	21%	6%	12%	−3.8
38	Will Spiers	Clemson	2	38	42.3	40.5	9	24%	5%	46%	+4.7
39	Jake Oldroyd	BYU	2	38	43.4	37.6	12	32%	5%	22%	−8.2
40	Brandon Wright	Georgia State	2	40	42.5	38.8	12	32%	5%	16%	−6.8
41	Joe Rivera	Iowa State	3	49	40.0	37.2	24	49%	6%	17%	−3.2
42	Matt Naranjo	Bowling Green	3	71	40.4	37.6	25	36%	4%	26%	−7.4
43	Tucker McCann	Missouri	3	68	43.2	39.7	27	40%	4%	24%	+3.2
44	Isaac Armstrong	Nebraska	3	59	40.9	39.4	23	39%	5%	15%	+3.2
45	Ben Griffiths	USC	3	48	41.4	39.5	23	48%	6%	53%	+5.4
46	Alex Galland	San José State	3	47	39.7	35.7	20	43%	6%	21%	−6.6
47	Anthony Lotti	Wisconsin	3	44	39.7	35.5	17	40%	7%	35%	−5.9
48	Josh Growden	West Virginia	3	68	42.1	40.1	18	26%	4%	45%	+4.1
49	Anthony Beck II	Georgia Southern	3	59	41.6	39.0	18	31%	5%	39%	−1.7
50	Nathan Snyder	Ball State	3	48	41.7	34.0	19	37%	6%	27%	−18.0
51	Tucker Day	Mississippi State	3	46	42.5	37.9	13	28%	7%	20%	+0.8
52	Derek Adams	Kent State	3	57	43.3	41.7	21	38%	5%	31%	+9.7
53	Ryan Bujcevski	Texas	3	30	41.4	38.4	10	33%	10%	40%	+0.3
54	Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	3	65	43.0	40.8	23	35%	5%	23%	+6.2
55	Seamus O'Kelly	Texas State	3	65	38.3	36.2	17	28%	5%	33%	−15.6
56	Joel Velazquez	Boise State	3	51	39.5	36.8	15	29%	6%	29%	−8.5
57	Zach Von Rosenberg	LSU	3	39	42.7	40.4	18	49%	8%	46%	+5.4
58	George Georgopoulos	Massachusetts	3	79	39.4	36.6	21	27%	4%	17%	−18.7
59	Zac Everett	Southern Miss	3	46	39.8	38.5	17	37%	7%	24%	−2.7
60	Rhys Byrns	Louisiana	3	41	44.1	41.1	14	34%	7%	37%	+6.4
61	Trevor Denbow	SMU	3	36	38.7	36.1	8	22%	8%	11%	−6.0
62	Grant Carlson	Boston College	3	58	42.8	39.5	19	33%	5%	18%	−0.5
63	Matt Aragon	Arizona	3	37	39.4	35.8	10	27%	8%	22%	−9.7
64	Quinton Conaway	Nevada	3	57	42.9	37.6	15	25%	5%	11%	−8.2
65	Tommy Heatherly	Florida International	3	51	42.6	41.1	18	35%	6%	28%	+2.5
66	Kyle Ulbrich	Middle Tennessee	3	46	41.4	36.9	11	23%	7%	41%	−8.8
67	Connor Bowler	Charlotte	3	41	41.5	35.7	10	23%	7%	24%	−18.9
68	Blake Gillikin	Penn State	4	59	42.0	40.0	28	49%	7%	22%	+5.7
69	Kirk Christodoulou	Pittsburgh	4	52	42.7	36.8	21	40%	8%	35%	−3.2
70	Michael Farkas	Ohio	4	47	41.7	38.9	22	47%	9%	37%	+3.4
71	Sam Loy	Arkansas	4	56	39.5	37.6	20	36%	7%	52%	−3.0
72	Nash Griffin	Virginia	4	51	41.2	37.5	23	45%	8%	33%	−1.7
73	Harrison Smith	Vanderbilt	4	77	43.0	39.8	32	43%	5%	27%	+5.6
74	Alex Kinney	Colorado	4	59	44.4	39.6	29	49%	7%	42%	+2.6
75	Michael Sleep-Dalton	Iowa	4	54	42.0	39.2	26	48%	7%	39%	+4.2
76	Ben Kiernan	North Carolina	4	60	41.3	37.9	13	22%	7%	34%	−4.1
77	Tyson Dyer	New Mexico	4	59	46.1	42.5	35	59%	7%	22%	+10.4
78	Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	4	45	43.0	39.0	16	36%	9%	17%	+3.0
79	Blake Cusick	Fresno State	4	52	42.5	40.0	20	38%	8%	31%	+5.6
80	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	4	53	47.7	41.4	24	46%	8%	16%	+5.1
81	Max Duffy	Kentucky	4	47	48.6	45.6	28	60%	9%	14%	+22.0
82	Tommy Townsend	Florida	4	40	44.5	42.3	19	48%	10%	46%	+7.0
83	Matt Hayball	Florida Atlantic	4	63	43.1	40.0	22	35%	6%	41%	+1.7
84	Tyler Sumpter	Troy	4	42	41.4	39.1	15	35%	9%	46%	−0.6
85	Lou Hedley	Miami	4	55	44.3	41.1	19	35%	7%	22%	+9.5
86	Brady Buell	Central Michigan	4	47	42.2	37.7	13	28%	9%	17%	−6.9
87	Adam Williams	Memphis	4	41	45.7	41.0	15	41%	11%	17%	+7.9
88	Aidan Alves	Liberty	4	48	42.2	38.5	13	27%	8%	35%	−2.9
89	Jordy Sandy	TCU	5	61	38.4	36.1	24	39%	8%	36%	−6.5
90	Cody Grace	Arkansas State	5	62	44.4	41.5	26	42%	8%	32%	+11.8
91	Haydon Whitehead	Indiana	5	47	42.1	39.1	22	47%	11%	30%	+2.9
92	Robert LeFevre	Marshall	5	61	40.9	38.2	24	39%	8%	21%	−0.4
93	Jonn Young	East Carolina	5	60	40.6	36.6	18	31%	8%	32%	−3.4
94	Luke Magliozzi	UConn	5	63	42.4	39.4	23	37%	8%	29%	+3.1
95	Ryan Wright	Tulane	5	46	40.6	37.1	16	35%	11%	15%	−5.0
96	Joseph Charlton	South Carolina	5	68	47.7	43.4	30	44%	7%	39%	+18.1
97	Ryan Galovich	Wyoming	5	61	42.2	39.6	16	26%	8%	31%	+5.6
98	Hayes Hicken	UNLV	5	66	43.3	34.8	15	23%	8%	14%	−20.5
99	Austin McNamara	Texas Tech	5	59	45.0	42.5	20	34%	8%	39%	+10.6
100	Mason King	Louisville	5	54	42.5	38.9	19	35%	9%	24%	+1.3
101	Kyle Greenwell	UAB	5	63	42.0	39.0	22	34%	8%	34%	−0.7
102	Alvin Kenworthy	North Texas	5	50	43.7	39.2	23	46%	10%	27%	+1.8
103	Ryan Stonehouse	Colorado State	5	49	46.4	42.6	15	31%	10%	17%	+12.7
104	Nick Mihalic	Western Michigan	5	47	41.9	36.9	8	17%	11%	30%	−5.3
105	Andrew Osteen	UCF	5	53	42.5	38.7	11	21%	10%	42%	+0.2
106	Kyle Kramer	Miami (OH)	6	72	43.2	38.3	31	43%	8%	27%	−2.4
107	Thomas Bennett	Tulsa	6	61	43.0	38.2	22	37%	10%	25%	−2.0
108	Michael Turk	Arizona State	6	59	46.0	42.3	33	56%	10%	32%	+16.7
109	Brandon Heicklen	San Diego State	6	67	45.4	41.1	33	49%	9%	26%	+10.6
110	Xavier Subotsch	App State	6	64	42.5	40.0	27	42%	9%	31%	+4.9
111	Pressley Harvin III	Georgia Tech	6	80	44.8	40.0	21	27%	8%	25%	+0.2
112	Mac Brown	Ole Miss	6	57	44.3	38.2	18	32%	11%	28%	−4.1
113	Oscar Bradburn	Virginia Tech	6	51	46.7	41.9	21	41%	12%	33%	+9.2
114	Austin Parker	Duke	6	66	45.7	40.7	25	38%	9%	30%	+4.7
115	Jake Hartbarger	Michigan State	6	59	43.1	38.6	19	33%	10%	16%	+3.6
116	Jared Porter	UL Monroe	6	54	43.8	39.0	21	39%	11%	41%	−1.2
117	Blake Maimone	Oregon	7	55	43.9	38.2	19	35%	13%	18%	+0.8
118	Will Hart	Michigan	7	46	45.1	39.4	11	24%	15%	24%	+2.7
119	Trenton Gill	NC State	7	56	47.6	42.1	17	30%	13%	29%	+6.0
120	Devin Anctil	Kansas State	8	53	45.0	39.7	15	28%	15%	25%	+6.8
121	Drue Chrisman	Ohio State	8	40	44.1	39.7	17	45%	21%	37%	+9.6
122	Trent Schneider	South Florida	8	71	46.0	40.2	20	28%	11%	11%	−2.7
123	Jake Camarda	Georgia	9	54	47.4	42.8	24	45%	17%	17%	+12.4
124	Dom Maggio	Wake Forest	11	68	46.8	39.0	30	45%	16%	18%	+5.5

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